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Toronto Maple Leafs: 4 Options for Goaltender Matt Murray

By David Corcoran

OTTAWA, CANADA - MARCH 18: Matt Murray #30 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates against the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on March 18, 2023 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Chris Tanouye/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images)
OTTAWA, CANADA - MARCH 18: Matt Murray #30 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates against the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on March 18, 2023 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Chris Tanouye/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images) /
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Matt Murray #30 of the Toronto Maple Leafs talks to Anthony Cirelli #71 of the Tampa Bay Lightning  (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images) /

Toronto Maple Leafs Options with Goaltender Matt Murray

Option #1 – Buyout
The Capfriendly buyout option shows that if the Toronto Maple Leafs decide to go this route, Murray will have a $687,500 cap hit for the upcoming season, however it jumps to $2 Million for the 2024-25 season.

If the cap hits were the opposite, this option could be a possibility, but with the second year being the season where Matthews and Nylanders new contracts kick in, this should not be an option for the team.

Option #2 – Put on waivers and sent to the Toronto Marlies
The Toronto Maple Leafs can place Murray on waivers with the hopes a team claims him.

The lack of goaltending throughout the league is a concern and an opponent may take the chance of claiming the two-time Stanley Cup champion as he has just one-year left on his contract so the risk could be low for a team not tight against the cap.

Murray has a base salary for this upcoming season of $8 Million with no signing bonus, so if a team were to claim him, they would be on the hook for that entire salary.

A team like the San Jose Sharks or Anaheim Ducks could be in a situation to take this risk with the intention to flip him if he has some success and retain a portion of his salary.

If there is not a team that decides to take him, Murray would play out the season with the Marlies.  This is with the intention that both Ilya Samsonov and Joseph Woll are the two goalies for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

If Murray was sent to the AHL, $1.15 Million would be buried without cap retention, which means the total cap hit on the roster would be just over $3.5 Million.

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